| Literature DB >> 5634914 |
M Jacobson, C E Lilly, C Harding.
Abstract
The sex attractant produced by adult females of the sugar beet wire-worm, Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) has been isolated and identified as valeric acid. In the laboratory, male wireworm beetles are repelled by the pure attractant but are drawn with intense sexual excitement to its dilute solutions; in the field, male beetles are lured from a distance of 12 meters. The pheromone occurs in unusually large amounts in the female's body.Entities:
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Year: 1968 PMID： 5634914 DOI： 10.1126/science.159.3811.208
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728